An isolated severe thunderstorm produced some wind damage in Aiken county.
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An isolated severe thunderstorm produced some wind damage in Aiken county.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 3, 1:19 PM EST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 219 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 .SYNOPSIS... DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY. A WEAKENING FRONT NEAR THE AREA WILL HELP CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... SIGNIFICANT DRYING ALOFT AS SEEN ON WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IN THE PEE DEE DEVELOPED IN WEAK SURFACE TROUGH. ISOLATED SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN MAINLY EAST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WHERE MOISTURE IS DEEPER. MOSTLY CLEAR SKY EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE MODELS SHOW FURTHER DRYING BEHIND A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH TONIGHT. THE SURFACE FEATURE NEAR THE REGION APPEARS DIFFUSE. THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCE APPEARS VERY LOW TUESDAY WITH AIR MASS CAPPED. ALL OF THE MOS GUIDANCE INDICATES VERY LOW POPS. THE MOS TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO CONSISTENT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY RETURNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. BETTER FORCING FOR CONVECTION APPEARS TO BE IN THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS. LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH/MODERATE INSTABILITY AND POSSIBLE LATE DAY SHORT WAVE SUPPORTS CHANCE POPS. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE MODELS SHOW A FRONT/TROUGH STALLING NEAR THE REGION WITH BUILDING H5 HEIGHTS LATE IN THE PERIOD. THE GFS ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE SUPPORTS CHANCE POPS WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. DRIER AIR IS WORKING IN FROM THE WEST AND DEEPER MOISTURE AND BLOSSOMING CONVECTION IS OCCURRING EAST OF THE TERMINALS. SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS SHOULD DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET THIS EVENING AND WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. COULD BE SOME LIGHT FOG WITH LINGERING MOISTURE AT OGB/AGS...AND WILL INCLUDE MVFR VISIBILITIES DURING THE 09Z-12Z TIME FRAME. EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...NONE. GA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 420 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-040830- LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- 420 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...MAINLY ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDLANDS...WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 632 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 SCZ030-032330- AIKEN- 632 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2009 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING AIKEN COUNTY... AT 632 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BELVEDERE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEA SIZED HAIL...AND WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff reported powerlines down on Whiskey Road and Risher Ave. in New Ellenton.
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